The Mysterious Timeline of FOOB
Lynn Johnston has done this before in For Better or For Worse. She extended out the New Years’ Eve parties in 2004 and 2005 to monumental proportions. But when she did that, it was pretty evident what was going on. This time, the time line is even more confusing. We know it’s after Christmas and presumably before school started back on January 8 in Toronto. Liz leaves a day early with Warren and surprises Paul at Susan’s place; but strangely Gary and Vivian seem to have been ready for Liz’s early arrival, even though she didn’t warn them. This lends credence to my April’s Real Blog storyline that Gary Crane was the Mtigwaki informer of Warren Blackwood about which day Liz was planning to come to Mtigwaki and which day would be a day early. This is information which could not have been passed on by northern gossip. Probably only Gary, Vivian, Paul and maybe Jesse Mukwa knew what day Liz was to arrive. Gary’s cluing Liz in on the drive from the landing area to go look for Paul at Susan’s place is another clear indication of his intent.
On the other side of the house, in today’s strip, Elly seemed to be blissfully unaware of which day Liz was to return. Yes, Liz can’t call even her own mother to let her know when she is traveling. And April, who was described in the letters as occupying Liz’s room while she was gone, doesn’t seem to have done it, since she was busy complaining about having to sleep in the rec room. These sorts of inconsistencies drive us crazy at April’s Real Blog.
Tomorrow’s strip: It’s interesting to contrast this with the last Liz break-up and tears with Eric Chamberlain. In that situation, Liz went to Aunt Ruby for advice. Liz started blaming herself and wondering what she did to cause the situation and Aunt Ruby placed the blame squarely on Eric. We are not seeing that this time, so far. Lynn Johnston seems to be avoiding blaming Paul entirely, when Gary and Vivian Crane were on the scene. It will be interesting to see if Elly does, or if she focuses entirely on Liz’s emotional pain. Ironically, Elizabeth is now being comforted by a mother and a sister, who may never have been through a break-up before.
On the other side of the house, in today’s strip, Elly seemed to be blissfully unaware of which day Liz was to return. Yes, Liz can’t call even her own mother to let her know when she is traveling. And April, who was described in the letters as occupying Liz’s room while she was gone, doesn’t seem to have done it, since she was busy complaining about having to sleep in the rec room. These sorts of inconsistencies drive us crazy at April’s Real Blog.
Tomorrow’s strip: It’s interesting to contrast this with the last Liz break-up and tears with Eric Chamberlain. In that situation, Liz went to Aunt Ruby for advice. Liz started blaming herself and wondering what she did to cause the situation and Aunt Ruby placed the blame squarely on Eric. We are not seeing that this time, so far. Lynn Johnston seems to be avoiding blaming Paul entirely, when Gary and Vivian Crane were on the scene. It will be interesting to see if Elly does, or if she focuses entirely on Liz’s emotional pain. Ironically, Elizabeth is now being comforted by a mother and a sister, who may never have been through a break-up before.
posted by howard at 11:09 PM
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Elly: There, there, Elizabeth! I know it's sad, but it's not the end of the world. By the way, I think it would be fun to go visit Anthony at the Gordoteria! We'll have cinnamon buns and hot beverages!
That could be, but my guess is the next meeting between Elizabeth and Anthony will be at Howard's trial verdict. The January monthly letters mentioned it, and they have been pretty accurate this time, with the exception of Mike backing up his novel.
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